Wei Yao weiyao@ee.ucla.edu Homework 4 Wei Yao weiyao@ee.ucla.edu
False Path False Path: those paths which signals never propagate from PI to PO. (Carry Bypass Adder) To sensitize red path we need: ai XOR bi && ai+1 XOR bi+1 But: red path is false When above condition is true, MUX selects “1” input, i.e. directly from ci-1 Instead shorter green paths are sensitized Hence, red path is not the critical path of the circuit!
Problem 1 [1] With the same circuit, the red critical path has been proved to be false path. Try to find the true critical path for this circuit. Assume unit gate delay in this circuit.
Problem 2 Crosstalk Noise Calculation 1v Cx Vagg C5 R3 Vdd=1V R2 Rd R1 R4 C1 C2 C3 C4 [2] Given the layout of a victim net and an aggressor net above it. Try to calculate noise voltage output & waveform considering crosstalk using the noise model from [aspdac’01] . Vdd = 1V Tr: step input with rising time is 500ps Rd = 300 Ω, R1=100 Ω, R2=150 Ω, R3= 250Ω, R4=300Ω C1=2e-14F, C2=5e-14F, C3=1.5e-14F C4=3.5e-14F, C5=2.3e-14F, Cx=5e-14F. Vout [aspdac’01] Jason Cong, David Zhigang Pan, and Prasanna V. Srinivas. 2001. “Improved crosstalk modeling for noise constrained interconnect optimization”. In Proceedings of the 2001 Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC '01). Pages: 373-378.
Problem 2 Crosstalk Noise Calculation (cont.) Compare your calculation with Spice Simulation results